Embroidery attachment for sewing machines



March 5, 1929. 1.. MATTHEWS 1,704,095

EMBROIDERY ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES Filed July 20, 1926 IN V EN TOR.

ATTORNEY},

. a (la-m pi Patented Mar. 5, 1929.

PATENT OFFICE.

LATINA mn'rrnnws; on ATHENS, GEORGIA.

EIVIBROIDERY ATTACI-IMENT'FOR SEWING MACHINES.

Application. filed Ju1y 20,

This invention relates to an embroidery attachment for the presser foot of a sewing machine and has for its object first, to guide the braid coming from any direction to the needle of'the sewing machine. Second, to provide an attachment that can be stamped out by a single operation of a stamping device and shaped. I p With these and other objects and advantages which will be apparent as "the descrip tion proceeds, I will. now set forth the func--v tions and features of my invention in cornice tion with the drawingin which:

Figure l is a perspective View 01 a sewing machine, presser foot, the sewing machine needle and the attachment on the foot.

Fig. 2 is a bottom View of my attachment. Fig. 3 is a top View thereof; and,

Fig. l is a view on the line l4 of Fig. 2. The presser footl of course has the usual notch (not shown) through which the sewing machine needle 2 passes. My attachment is S-shaped in general form and. is provided in its tail arm 5 with a notch 3 which, when the attachment attached to the sewing. niachine foot as in Fig. 1, the notch 3 will he dlrectly over the ordinary notch in the sewing machine presser foot. Directly opposite the notch 3 in the arm 5 of the presser footis a second notch 6. The middle portion. '4' of my attachment extends from the body portion to a llllG- 'i'orming the continuation oi. the ed of the arm 5 and extending back is a 0nd arm 8 providing a. slotin the attaclnnem hes tween the parts 7 an d 8.

Ex ending to one side oi the auaolnnent is arm 9 which is bent under the other part of the attachmentand tsnminates at the closed end of the slot 10, near the path of the braid in its travel to needle. I

In use the hraid l]. is inserted over the arm zinder arm 9 and the body of the attachment,

and. the braid will he held by the attach: ment as shown in Flg. 1 of the drawing.

It will he noted that the slot 12 in the attaehment now has its open end closed by the presser foot and the braid 11 passing down "foot tlre tail. arm of notched on its side and the second arm and middle portion oi the hraider being separated when the 1926. Serial No. 123,771.

through the now closed slot 12 will be further directed under the arm 7 and to the notch 6 whether the braid 11 comesfrom the right hand side of the needle or the lefthand side 1 or indeed from any oth 11 position. The braid ll, therefore, does not have to be held by the hand during the time that the needle is sewingit to the cloth helowthe foot. This is of rable advantage to the user, since. it

leaves both hands free to manipulate the cloth as the braid is being passed there through.

It will be seen that I have provided an ex- I tremely simple and yet efficient attachment, eflieient in operation and easily attached in position for work. i

, What I claim is:

1. A'sewing machine presser foot having ng attachment thereon an S-shaped: hrai wider thanthe presser foot llCl. 'ln'alding attachment comprising arm, a second arm, and a middle portion and also having a bent-under arm for attaching it to said pressor 1 foot said second arm beingsnfiiciently longer than the width of the presser foot whereby, when'the attachment applied to said foot, the slot formed between the middle portion and said second arm will have its normally open end. closed but will leave an opening for the entrance of hraid between the side oi the presser foot and the closed end oi? the slot.

in combination. a comparatively narrow machinepresser foot and a wid braiding n'ttaehn'ient therefor said at achment having the general form of the letter 8 comprising a tail arm, second arm and a middle portion andlniving an integral arm bent onder theln'aider for attaching it to the presser the slot throngh'which the braid may enter and pass to the notchof the tailarm. v I

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature.

LAUNA MATTHEWS.

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